Fountains of Wayne

Places

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Places
We move in and out of watching
Faces
Float around the hotel lobby like
Fishes
They?re all blowing air
We know it must mean something
But we just stare
We stood
On primrose hill like statues we were
So good
Walked along the locks and into
Camden
Tried on silver shoes
And orange plastic jackets
Places
We move in and out of fast as
Hail stones
Make jokes hey isn?t that the the word for our
Tombstones
So that everyone will know
When they?re out one afternoon
Stop to read the stones

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rjbucs28 On Jul 02, 2003

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by serenity23

18y ago

I think it's about a young couple on vacation and they never want to go home. They just keep moving from place to place, people watching and having adventures. I think eventually they die, but i have no idea how

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